Four months before taking a selfie after her friend died in a head on crash, Hazel Wildman wrote off her own car and was sacked for partyiin gon Snapchat.

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Victim’s family ‘livid’ over crash stunt

by Candace Sutton and Megan Palin

1st May 2019 8:50 AM

EXCLUSIVE

A woman who took hospital selfies after her friend died in a car crash moments after taking a Snapchat video had written off her own car and been sacked from her job after partying and sharing her antics on social media.

Hazel Wildman "completely wrote off her Suzuki Vitari" late last year, a spokesperson at her former workplace told news.com.au.

"It was virtually a brand-new car. She had already had a couple of accidents and in the last one it was written off," a staff member at the dog obedience training centre said.

Known as "Hazey", Ms Wildman had worked as a kennel attendant at Berkshire Park in far western Sydney for a year, but had been "terminated because of her behaviour … too much partying".

Ms Wildman, 23, made headlines when she took a selfie with Faeda Hunter, 20, in Westmead Hospital after being pulled from the wreckage of a fatal crash which killed their friend.

In the footage, a woman can be heard squealing, someone shouts "Shania" and Ms McNeill looks wide-eyed into the camera with her mouth open before the vision cuts out.

According to The Daily Telegraph, police are now investigating reports Ms McNeill was "playing chicken", weaving in and out of oncoming traffic prior to the crash.

Hazel Wildman and Fadea Hunter, both in neck braces in a Westmead Hospital selfie posted after the fatal crash in which their friend Shanuia McNeill died.

The Nissan's driver, an unknown male, and passenger Dennis Sales, 44, were able to free themselves from the wreckage but didn't escape unharmed.

Mr Sales's family is "livid" that their father is in an induced coma to help him recover after a head-on smash they fear was caused by a social media stunt, The Daily Telegraph reports.

Dennis Sales, 44, was a passenger in the car which collided with Shania McNeill’s vehicle on Sunday morning, April 28, 2019. Picture: Supplied to The Daily Telegraph.

His son's girlfriend Amy McLean said Mr Sales, a singer in a band, and another man were returning from a gig when the car veered into their path. Ms McLean described the alleged circumstances surrounding the incident - in which Ms McNeil appeared to be playing chicken moments before crashing - as "absolutely disgusting".

"We were absolutely livid to know (Ms McNeill) was willing to play with people's lives like that," she told The Daily Telegraph.

"It's so upsetting to know this happened because of (her) silly mistake. I'm actually shaking. She would have been doing this to show off to her friends and they were wrong to record it."

A member of the public and police performed CPR on Ms McNeill, but she died at the scene.

Ms Wildman and Ms Hunter were taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Shania McNeill was 21-year-old when she died in the far western Sydney collision in the early hours of last Sunday.

In their hospital selfie, Ms Wildman has a bloodied nose and minor face injuries and both she and Ms Hunter are wearing neck braces.